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Open up! Euro block pushes Iran to allow inspections
The board of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency has called on Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.
- by David Rising
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Syrian conflict
'Rose of the Desert' Asma al-Assad, Syria's elite hit with new sanctions
The State Department said it had designated 39 Syrian individuals, including the Assads, with new economic and travel penalties for human rights abuses.
- by Glen Carey
Coronavirus pandemic
Violence surges in Yemen after coronavirus truce expires
Violence has surged between the Western-backed alliance and the Houthi group after a six-week ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired last month.
- by Aziz El Yaakoubi
Extremism
US considers withholding aid to Jordan to force extradition
Tamimi is one the the FBI's "most wanted terrorists" for her role in the bombing of a crowded Jerusalem pizzeria. The assailant detonated explosives hidden in a guitar case.
Protest
Bashar al-Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
The surprise decision comes as citizens again dare to attend anti-government protests.
- by Albert Aji
Protest
Anti-Assad protests persist for fourth day
Demonstrators called for the Syrian President’s overthrow, echoing chants of violently crushed pro-democracy protests in 2011 that led to the nine-year war.
- by Suleiman al-Khalidi
Extremism
In the heart of IS's would-be caliphate, PM vows history won't repeat
His official visit marks the sixth anniversary of the terror group's onslaught in Iraq and comes amid its feared resurgence.
- by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi family lobby US to help release 'kidnapped' children
The US has been asked to lobby Saudi Arabia for the release of a former Saudi official's children who were allegedly abducted in an internal power struggle.
- by James Rothwell
World politics
Turkish authorities arrest 191 military personnel
The suspects, mostly on active duty, were believed to have communicated to other Fethullah Gulen followers through pay phones.
Syrian conflict
Thousands of Syrians take to streets in anti-Assad protests
Salaries in government-held areas barely stretch to cover the cost of a bowl of fruit.
- by Gareth Browne
War
Libya needs two more cities back before talking peace
Khalifa Hifter's troops retreated from Tripoli last week, then on Sunday he and his backer Egypt offered to negotiate. But the government has extra demands.
- by Samer Khalil Al-Atrush